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WorksheetsCLA Phonology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a phoneme?
the smallest unit of sound
a blend of phone and meme
a single letter
the volume of your voice
p b t d k g are all examples of...
plosives
fricatives
affricates
nasals
th sh f s are examples of...
plosives
fricatives
affricates
nasals
ch (as in church) and dg (as in judge) are...
plosives
fricatives
affricates
nasals
What is a glottal stop?
a combination of a plosive and a fricative
how you make an L sound
making a fricative sound last a long time
closing vocal cords instead of pronouncing a T
Which place of articulation is furthest back in the mouth?
labio-dental
alveolar
bilabial
velar
Which sounds are in the 'early 8'?
g f ch
sh th r
m d n p
Fricatives are harder for children than plosives
true
false
What is the term for when a child finds it difficult to pronounce a liquid 'l 'or 'r' sound and uses an approximant instead (w or y)
stopping
fronting
gliding
What is 'fronting'?
using a sound further forward in the mouth than the one needed
using an approximant instead of a liquid sound
using a plosive instead of a fricative
Why do children simplify sounds by 'stopping'?
they have no teeth
they find it difficult to release air in a steady stream
they find it difficult to make consonants at the back of the mouth
What would you call this phonological simplification technique "babbit" for rabbit
unstressed syllable deletion
consonant cluster reductions
reduplication
consonant harmony
What's it called when a child adds a vowel sound within a consonant cluster to make it easier to say (eg buloo for blue)
assimilation
epenthesis
substitution
reduplication
What's it called when a child says 'nana' for banana or 'tended' for pretended?
consonant harmony
unstressed syllable deletion
consonant cluster reduction
final consonant deletion
What can we call it when the child says 'bikit for biscuit or 'seep' for sleep or 'kirrel' for squirrel?
final consonant deletion
unstressed syllable deletion
consonant cluster reduction
substitution
What is this symbol called
schwing
schwepps
schwa
schwoon
How do we write the sound underlined in these words in the IPA:
vision, genre, treasure,
ʃ
θ
ʒ
ŋ
What does this say: tʃɔk
shock
stork
chick
chalk
